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What South American nation has eliminated petroleum imports by switching to ethanol fuel made from sugar cane?

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2 Responses to “What South American nation has eliminated petroleum imports by switching to ethanol fuel made from sugar cane?”

1. han_ko_bicknese on December 30th, 2007 at 3:26 am

   Brazil. I would just like to ad that in Indonesia an island under US/Australian/Indonesian navy blockade for years has managed to run engines on coconut palm oil.

   I am very happy and proud they managed to resist the US supported ethnic cleansing till now! One million dead and not a word of it I ever saw on US media, since Indonesia is the secular US ally. What happened to free press?

2. The Voice of Reason on December 30th, 2007 at 4:45 am

   I’m sure you mean Brazil, but they have not “eliminated petroleum imports by switching to ethanol fuel made from sugar cane.” It is true that Brazil uses ethanol produced from sugar can as part of their transportation fuel mix, but they also used considerable petroleum as well. The elimination of petroleum imports is largely due to a sustained program to find and develop domestic petroleum resources.

   FYI, Brazil is the second largest producer of fuel grade ethanol. Anyone care to guess what nation is first?

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